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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

2°C · 13.9h daylight · 3 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland · Exact work coordinates

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 2°C · 13.9h daylight · 3 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Alvar Aalto StudioAlvar Aalto Studio

1923 · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961923
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala Municipality, Sweden
Climate2°C · 13.9h daylight · 3 km/h wind-1°C · 15.1h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Västmanlands-Dala nation
FocusThermal baths46 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Alvar Aalto
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • Västmanlands-Dala nation
  • Seinäjoki Civil Guard House
  • Vyborg Library
  • Jyväskylä Defence Corps Building
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • library
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • housing
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

Concrete, Quartzite, and Water look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible23 of 23 recorded works are publicly accessible
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